Following tributes on the first anniversary of student Karen Buckley's murder, family say thank you to supporters in Scotland and Ireland

Undated handout photo issued by Scotland's Crown Office of Karen Buckley at her brother Brendan's wedding. Convicted forger Alexander Pacteau, 21, pleaded guilty to the post-graduate student's "senseless and brutal" murder at the High Court in Glasgow. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 11, 2015. See PA story COURTS Pacteau. Photo credit should read: Crown Office/PA Wire
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The family of Karen Buckley have thanked the “very many people” who have supported them in the year since the Irish student was murdered.

The disappearance of Ms Buckley from a Glasgow nightclub on April 12 last year prompted a major police investigation. The 24-year-old’s body was found at High Craigton Farm on the outskirts of the city after a four-day search.

Alexander Pacteau pleaded guilty to her murder in August and was jailed for 23 years.

A year on, the Buckley family have published a statement in the Irish Examiner which reads: “We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the very many people who went out of their way to help and support us at the time of her death and ever since.

“It was, and continues to be, very much appreciated by all of us and our extended family.

Glasgow remembers: People pay tribute at a silent vigil for Irish student Karen Buckley on George Square (Photo: PA Wire)

“We are indebted to the professionalism and great courtesy of the Scottish police and our own Garda Siochana for all the help we received in coping with the terrible tragedy; to the Scottish people who held a vigil for Karen in Glasgow and prayed with us.